Article 16

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ARTICLE 16 
Asten Holmes-Elliott 
25th May - 19th June 2021

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Projecting overnight in Guildhall Square & Old Northam Road 5pm - 7am

Screened daily in The Spark, East Park Terrace

ARTICLE 16 celebrates the non-traditional family unit. Over recent months, artist and 
filmmaker Asten Holmes-Elliott invited three queer and non-traditional households to 
capture their own typical family moments on old format Super 8mm film. These recordings were hand developed by the artist and edited to form three new film works.

The artwork hopes to capture LGBTQI+ families using a format that has been traditionally associated with the typical ‘nuclear family’. For the artist, it is a way to playfully insert queer people and families into a shared cultural memory, to challenge certain assumptions about what makes a family, to increase visibility, and to carve out space.

ARTICLE 16 takes its name from the 16th article of the Declaration of Human Rights. The declaration advocates that, “Men and women of full age, without any limitation due to race, nationality or religion, have the right to marry and to found a family...”

Located at three points around the city, ARTICLE 16 will be exhibited via projection at night onto Guildhall Square from John Hansard Gallery, and onto Old Northam Road from the Alfred Arcade, as well as screened during the day at Solent University’s The Spark on East Park Terrace.

Want to find out more? See yourself in the picture and want to get involved? 
Go to www.astenholmeselliott.com
or connect on Instagram & Twitter
@astenhe 

ARTICLE 16 was made in partnership with a space arts, John Hansard Gallery and Solent University. The project was made possible thanks to public funding from the National Lottery through Arts Council England.